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So, I did a thing earlier this evening. Thank you @AliciaOnMSNBC for inviting me to talk about #FreeBritney #conservatorship #guardianship and alternatives like #AdvanceDirectives & #SupportedDecisionMaking and our work @CTLegalRights
ALT Screenshot from MSNBC: Kathy Flaherty, Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Executive Director. In the background, Dr Fauci bobblehead, PLinUSA scarf, and two signs (MUFC All Day and FCPS) by @RSGAT and canvas by @JKPaintsForGood
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A collaborative study from UConn's Dept. of Allied Health Sciences and the @UConnRuddCenter highlights the lived experiences of women of color living in a food swamp as a tool to enact sustainable investment and policy changes. #HinCAHNR
today.uconn.edu/2024/10/rese…
Opinion: Are you ready and disABLED for CT early voting? ctmirror.org/2024/10/15/are-…
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CT Supreme Court considers case of woman "arrested, involuntarily committed to a max. security mental institution for 9 months and forcibly medicated with antipsychotics after she refused to identify herself to a hotel reservation clerk." Must read. 1/4
newsbreak.com/hartford-coura…
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We are offering one time payments to folks in the South who are impacted by Hurricane Helene. Please go to go.newdisabledsouth.org/hele… for more information and to request support. And please share!
ALT One Time Financial Support For Hurricane Victims In The South. We are offering one-time payments to help people impacted by Hurricane Helene. Funding is first-come, first-serve. If you are in an area in the South that was impacted by Hurricane Helene and you need emergency funds, please fill out this form: go.newdisabledsouth.org/helene
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Please share widely! Please help with our beloved @tinu's last expenses and with her wonderful family. Tinu means so much to all of us. Please be here now #ForTinu . If you can't help, please share! 💖❤️🌺🐰🌷 gofundme.com/f/honoring-tinu…
Congratulations @SFdirewolf look forward to the whole world realizing how brilliant you are
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis (#EEE) is a rare illness that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. We hear what you need to know about protecting yourself and your family. @HartfordHealthC joins us.
An estimated 17 million adults in the nation have long COVID.
We’ll get updates on #LongCovid and hear from a patient. @PlzSolveCFS joins us.
Got a question or comment for our panel? Call us at 888-720-9677 or post your comment below. Listen live on @wnpr
ctpublic.org/show/where-we-l…
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The American Bar Association this month passed a resolution calling on governments to STOP broadening involuntary commitment laws. (These are people who actually see what's happening behind the closed doors of commitment courts...) americanbar.org/groups/diver…
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Great to see a psychiatrist truly supporting patients' well-being & rights. Powerful article by @RupiLeghaMD promoting "full informed consent” about "often-unstated" risks & harms of getting someone coerced into dangerous mental health care systems.
journals.plos.org/mentalheal…
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Law Society protests new BC bill giving sweeping powers to forcibly treat lawyers who have mental health diagnoses regardless of their actual legal competency. (Beware what happens when you support forced psychiatric care--it's coming for you, too.)
timescolonist.com/opinion/co…
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Angela Tucker is the author of the book "You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption." Today, we talk about the intricacies of navigating life as a transracial adoptee. Listen live on @WNPR trib.al/3SK4Gu7
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The essay by @mssinenomine is essential reading
For more about the book and a list of all the contributors: disabilityvisibilityproject.…
Very honoured to have an essay of mine published in the new anthology edited by the amazing @SFdirewolf Disability Intimacy
ALT Content notes: eugenics, medical aid in dying Crip Class Gabrielle Peters
ALT Cover of book with bright flowers painted in graphic. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care and Desire Edited by Alice Wong
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New paper where even Treatment Advocacy Center reps (huge promoters of Assisted Outpatient Treatment) admit there are "significant limitations" in the "outdated" research suggesting forced outpatient drugging helps people. link.springer.com/article/10…
The @AgentsOfHaleCT flags are flying as we root on @HartfordCityFC (currently winning 1-0)
Ready to give away a lot of @CTLegalRights brochures and share information about legal rights at #mentalhealth and wellness day at the Capitol
ALT Photo of display table with CLRP logo tablecloth and rainbow of brochures
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In my first for the LA TIMES I reviewed Disability Intimacy edited by Alice Wong latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
